Bumper cover



May 22, 1928. 1,670,737

H. MUSER BUMPER COVER Filed 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet, 1

- E mmnum ATTORNEYQJ May 22, 1928. 1,670,737

H. MUSER BUMPER COVER File N v. 2, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2' INVENTOIR ATTO NEY;

Patented May 22, 1928.

. PATENT OFFICE. Hosea, i'oraron'rcnm, New messy, eassreiioit vrorr. ek-momby I Application filed Rovembcr 2, 1925.. serial Ilia. 88,181.

My invention relates to a bumper cover preferably made of sheet metal such as nickle-silver. One of the more important objects of the invention is to produce a metal covering for bumpers which can be manufactured and sold as a separate article to be attached to and detached from any and all portions of a bumper bar without the use of olts, screws, or other separate parts for that purpose. My invention canbe used not 0 l with straight bumper bars. but also witl i tion is providing a cover of resilient material and also with longitudinal edges rolle'd or curled over so as to snap over and en age with the longitudinal top and bottom e ges of a bumper bar and thus be held detachably but securely thereon without the aid of se arate parts. To this end the cover is eit er convex or concave in cross-section and the rolled over edges are not only slightly ielding to enable the cover to be snappe into position but the body portion, which is nor mally bowed in one direction or the other, yields rather substantially about its longitudinal axis to enable the rolled over edges thereof to be firmly held in position on the bumper bar when snapped into position thereon.

Another of the more important features of my invention consists in manufacturing a cover for bumper bar which not only covers the front longitudinal portion of the bumper bar but also the looped or other irregu ar ends thereof. To this end the covering is provided along the front longitudinal portion thereof with crimped or turned over edges, as above described, to fit the top and bottom edges of the longltudinal portionof endsof a bumper bar. I

tllile 1bumper bar, and also provided with para e turne' over ed es' to engage-the top and bottom edges of t e rear portions of the loop,

ortions similarly constructed withthat is, the portions which are parallel to the front lon itudinal portion ofthe bar. Be

tween eac rear portion of the cover'and the front thereof the said cover is normally r0; videdi with a flat portion adapted to be ent around and subsequently crimped' over the looped portions" ofthe bumper bar.

Further obj ects, 7 features and advantages of my invention will more fully. hereinafter appear from the detailed description below drawings in which: 7 v 7 Fig. 1 shows a conventional vform of a with my invention attached to the front longitudinal portion thereof. Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of my invention. as illustrated in Fig. 1, the same be ing detached from the bumper bar.

" Fig. 3 shows across sectionof the pretaken in connection with theaccompanying I i bumper having a cover made in accordance .70

ferred form of the invention in which the cover in cross section is normally flexed or bowed outwardly.

Fig. 4 shows the cover partially assembled on the bumper bar; thatis to say, the rolled or turned over'edges, of the cover are m 0 sition ready to snap over and engage the positlon of the cover'illust rated inFi'. 9,-

the shaded portions of which are toin'dicate certain ornamentation which improves the appearance and attractiveness of the cover.

Fig. 11 shows a form of my invention ca-' pable of'being used to'cover also the looped- Fig. 12 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of one of the looped ends of the bumper bar with my invention attached thereto just prior to the crimping over of that portion of the cover which is adapted to engage. the bend of the looped end of the bumper bar.

Fig. 13 is a top plan view of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14.- is a section taken on the line l t-14 of Fig. 13.

Referring to the drawings in detail the reference numeral 10 designates the longitudinal portion of a conventional form of a bumper bar, reference numeral 11 the looped ends thereof, the reference numeral 12 the rear portions which are normally parallel to the front portion 10, and the reference numeral 13 the rearwardly extending attaching portions of the bar. The construction 'of the bumper bar as illustrated and just described is old and well known and constitutes no part of my present invention. The reference numeral 14 designates the cover which constitutes the subject matter of this application. It comprises the longitudinal body portion 15 and rolled over or curled top and bottom engaging. edges 16 and 17. These rolled or turned over portions engage respectively with the longitudinal top and bottom edges 18 and 19 of the bumper bar.

This cover may be made of any suitable material but is preferably made of metal,

such as nickel-silver. It is also made of material which is yielding or has some resiliency so as to enable the turned over edges 16 and 17 to snap over and engage the longitudinal edges 18 and 19 of the bumper bar. Normally'thecover is preferably oval in cross section as shown in Fig. 3 so that when the edges 16 and 17 thereof are snapped over the edges 18 and 19 of the bumper bar the cover will be heldin rigid relation with the bumper bar and will not rattle or chatter thereon. Being made of yielding material the cover'bends about its longitudinal axis for the purpose just stated. There may, also be a slight resiliency in the turned over edges of the cover to faeilitatethe assembling and disassembling of the cover on and from the bumper bar. The method of assemblingthe cover is clearly illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, 7 and 8.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the strip made in accordance with my invention is adapted to cover only the longitudinal front portion 10 of the bumper bar.

'In Figs. 11 to 14 both inclusive I have illustrated a modified form of the cover which not only covers the longitudinal front portion 10 but also the rear portions 11 and 12 of the bumper. This modified form comprises a front portion 20, rear portions 21,

and the bent portions 22. The form of cover just described is manufactured in a straight piece having the crimped edges 23 and 24 on the front portion, and the crimped edges 25 and 26 on the rear portions thereof. In assembling this on a bumper bar the portion 20 is first snapped over a longitudinal portion of the bumper bar. The ends are then bent around the looped ends'of. the bumper bar and the, rolled over edges 25 and 26 are caused to engage the bumper bar. edges 27 and 28 (see Fig. 12) in avplane therewith, are then crimped over the looped ends so that the cover changes its appearance from that indicated in Fig. 12 to that shown in Fig. 11. The crimping or fashioning of the edges 27 'and 28 over the looped ends of the bumper bar may be done by any suitable means.

A very desirable modification of my invention is illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 in which the body portion of the cover is corrugated in cross section. This very materially increases the resiliency of the cover. Furthermore, this construction is capable of receiving suitable ornamentations such as paints orenamels of contrasting colors, one color, for instance, being applied or imparted to the depressions and another color to the elevations of the corrugated surface. It is to be .understood that in the manufacture of the cover the longitudinal'top and bottom edges thereof are rolled and shaped to the form clearly illustrated in'Figs. 2 and 3.

I have illustrated and described what I now consider to be the preferred form of my invention and it is to be expressly understood -that I do not limit myself thereto as many changes may be made in points of detail and other embodiments resorted to without deviating from thetrue spirit and scope of my invention as defined by the annexed claims.

What I claim is:

1. A cover for bumper bars comprising a body portion, and rolled over top and bottom edge portions which are adapted to engage with and fit the longitudinal top and bottom edges of a bumper bar, said rolled over edges being slightly yielding to enable the cover to be snapped in position and said body portion being normally bowed in one direction or the other and yielding about its longitudinal axis to enable the rolled over top and bottom edges to be firmly held in position onthe bumper bar when'the said edges of the cover are snapped into position thereon.

2. A cover for bumper bars and the looped ends thereof, comprising a resilient strip of material normally flexed across its longitudinal length and provided with longitudinal top and bottom edges which are portions 12 of the crimped or curled and adapted to snap over and fit .the longitudinal top .and bottom edges of the bumper bar and the looped ends thereof and to be held resiliently thereon.

The portions 22, having the 1,870,787 I v I i 3 8. The process of covering a bumper bar bumper bar, bending the strip around the having looped ends which consists in rolllooped end, snapping the strip over the rear ing or turnlng over the top and bottom edges portions of the bar, and then crimping the 10 of a suitable strip of material correspondedges of said material over the looped ends.

5 ing to the longitudinal length of the front In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set and rear portions of the bumper bar, sna my hand this 31st day of October, 1925. ping said strip over the front portion of t e, HERMAN MUSER. 

